A beautifully written collection of original short fantasy/science-fiction stories.  I loved all the stories in this collection in one fashion or another.

Not new (been around long time), but in case any SF/F fans overlooked, publisher Baen offers The Baen Free Library -- a digital library of the science fiction and fantasy publishing house Baen Books where e-books can be downloaded free in a number of formats.

Often it's the first book in an ongoing or a backlist series.

(They also have for sale eARCs of brand spanking new books well before available at retailers at http://www.baen.com/baenebooks#eARC  )

Links to the download the ones I featured (they offer many more):

• http://www.baen.com/on-basilisk-station.html to download;  (#1 of Honor Harrington series) On Basilisk Station - David Weber  to see/shelve on booklikes.
• http://www.baen.com/cobra.html download  ; Cobra - Timothy Zahn booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/fledgling.html download; Fledgling booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/there-will-be-dragons.html download; There Will Be Dragons booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/caliphate.html download; Caliphate booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/starliner.html download; Starliner booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/draw-one-in-the-dark.html# download; Draw One in the Dark booklikes page
• http://www.baen.com/the-honor-of-the-queen.html download; The Honor of the Queen booklikes page

I included a few at top of this post but see the entire list at https://www.fictfact.com/BookReleaseCalendar by clicking on Tuesday, May 2.

Guess gearing up for spring vacations and summer reading?

Between a three and a three and a half. In a lot of ways routine, not really original nor striking in its style or characterizations, but a fun, light, diverting read. I was never bored, and if romantic fantasy or urban fantasy is something you enjoy, I'd give this a try. At least instead of were wolves we get were-lions, panthers and dragons. And no vampires! That's different. It's apparently the first in a series but it works as a one-off. I liked it enough I could see giving this author another try some time.

Color, Day, How, Life, Sweet, Touch

Sky Color / Peter H. Reynolds ~ 9/1/15

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas / Mona K. Gedney ~ 9/17/15

How to Declutter Your Kitchen / Higher Read ~ 9/3/15

How to Sleep Well / Infinite Ideas ~ 9/5/15

And This Our Life / C. Allyn Pierson ~ 9/12/15

Sweet Girl Graduate / L. T. Meade ~ 9 /5/15

Sweetest Mistress / Skye Warren ~ 9/6/15

Sweetest Revenge / Dawn Halliday ~ 9/11/15

Where the Rainbow Touches Ground / Anne M. Slanina ~ 9/6/15

Touch of Night / Sarah A. Hoyt ~ 9/20/15